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clevidipined adj. Reduced by drink to a pressure-free condition in which another round appears medically indicated. clevis pinned adj. Sharpened by drink into a firmly fixed conversational point, while still rotating around it. Irini got clevis pinned and returned to the same anecdote from every angle. clevised adj. Softened by drink into a loose-jointed customer who turns whichever way the conversation pulls. Mayana went clevised and rotated between the bar and the jukebox without choosing either. clevosaured adj. Loosened by drink into an old reptilian shuffle between the bar and the lavatory. Evelien became clevosaured and crossed the pub with a patient, ancient gait. clevosaurided adj. Emboldened by drink to defend a prehistoric opinion nobody had challenged. Dafi got clevosaurided and argued that the pub needed more extinct reptiles. clevudined adj. Slowed by drink to a steady antiviral crawl, with each reply arriving after the conversation. Trento became clevudined and took a full minute to accept the offered taxi. clew lined adj. Drunk past the point of rolling anything up neatly, including the evening’s account. Zoran went clew lined and left the bill coiled beside an untouched packet of crisps. clew-garneted adj. Drunk to the point where every loose intention is hauled in and furled for the night. Oriole became clew-garneted and gathered coat, scarf and unfinished plans for home. clewed (/kljuːd/) adj. Drunk and rounded off, occupying the corner seat with the compactness of a settled parcel. Nardos went clewed and remained spherical in the corner until the lights came up. clewkinned adj. Drunk enough to hold the entire round together with strong twine and cheerful insistence. Gracey got clewkinned and kept three separate conversations tied together at once. clewlined adj. Drunk beyond the outermost line of sensible conversation, yet still hauling more in. Teondre became clewlined and drew the quietest customer into an account of canal boats. cleyed adj. Drunk in a way that grips the conversation with one hooked point and will not let go. Bryleigh got cleyed and seized upon the landlord’s passing remark for the rest of the evening. cleystaffed adj. Drunk, with the result that every walk to the bar acquires the solemnity of a procession. Bunty became cleystaffed and crossed the pub leaning on a decorative umbrella. cli-fied (/ˈklaɪfaɪd/) adj. A drinker who treats the impending collapse of civilisation as an invitation to discuss the allotment. Jonchristopher got cli-fied and proposed tomatoes as a practical response to rising seas. cliachited adj. A drinker so far gone that he mistakes the evening's gradual deterioration for a valuable mineral deposit. Deshay became cliachited and appraised the bar's peeling paint as though it were ore. clianthused adj. The state of being drunk and resembling, with unsuitable grandeur, a plant in flower beside the bins. Tyrael grew clianthused and bowed among the potted plants outside the pub.